thank you anna~

sweet anna...check her out; here
gave me this lovely award
yesterday~

i went over to visit
her blog and what did
i find?
an award-
thanks for making my
day a bit brighter
anna!

seven things to share about
me?

oh dear, what can i say
that has not been said
before?

i am:

1. the oldest of my siblings

growing up i was:

2. an only girl
3. the only left handed person
4. and only redhead in
our little family of five!
5. i live within 30 minutes
of both of my brothers and
my mom & step dad
-----
6. my husband & i, along with
all three of our daughters...
graduated from the same high school! :)
 
7. like i said earlier, i was the only
redhead and leftie in our family
growing up, but i married
into a family with 4 lefties and numerous
redheads! and my hubbie and i had three girls,
two of which are redheaded! :) funny how that works!

i hate having to pick blogs to
give this out to...truly i do.
i am suppose to pick seven?
are you kidding me...how does
one choose?
maybe i will get disqualified
for not giving it out?
well, here is number 8 for you then...
i am a rule breaker! :)

thank you anna-
you made my
day just a little brighter!

with gratitude

i met a blog friend for coffee yesterday,

we had never met in 'real' life before

and as i drove to the coffee shop

thoughts swirled...

we only know each other by what we post

and that is all...

would we hit it off? would it be awkward?

i found this visit so enjoyable-

i made a forever friend!

laurel you are a sweetie!

I shared with her how we sometimes

pour our inmost thoughts into our blog

and it is a therapy of sorts and others who 'know us in real life'

really don't see that side of us-

sometimes they don't even want to see or want to know that side of us!

blogging is an outlet. my voice. 

i love it

this blog has become such an important extension of me,

i do not know when it began really- 

this ease of expressing my thoughts and having that creative outlet

and when and how it became so important...

but i do know this,

i have always expressed myself with words 

(well i use my hands a lot too when i talk, hey i have italian blood in these veins!) ;)

but, really the way i deal with hardship & joy 

is through reading books and writing.

i started out with poetry and somehow that is how everything 

comes across when i write...

when i was in high school and things were dismal and felt hopeless...

you know important things like

 boyfriends breaking up with you or friends being not so friendly...  ;)

i would come home,

grab my journal and go for a hike in our back woods

and write poetry.

it was healing and it helped me get through it all

when i was going through cancer,

out came a journal and words overflowed...

it is how i dealt with being sick, bald and my mortality

blogging is a lovely way for me to express

and i will be forever thankful that i have found it.

yesterday i received an email from blog pal

                                                                michelle

how sweet is this? 

thank you my friend...it meant a lot to me to receive this from you!

i will be passing it on to;

                                                      ada @ http://www.ofwoodsandwords.com/

and so with this i thank you the blog community

for welcoming me, supporting me, commenting 

and letting me find my voice again-

i am thankful, blessed and will be your friend...
 always.

with bloggie hugs & love,

oh, thank you!

a dear sweet blog friend beth
passed this award on to me

this award meant so much to me!

i love blogging, and having
a place to put my writing and poetry
it is so rewarding to think that others
are reading what i write, and that
they LIKE it!

it spurs me to keep writing, more and more.
beth, thank you so much...truly!

i will be passing it on and you are suppose to
list 7 things you like about blogging:)


-i have been inspired by so many bloggers
-my blog is my journal
-it is a way for me to be creative
-i have made some blog friends!
-blogging has got me writing again!
-it is mine. my thoughts, my poetry, my writing!
-i have fun blogging



may you have a wonderful week-
shine. give away one of your smiles today.
live in this moment.
tell others you love them.

mitzi, katie, dwija, narragansett no.7 and pam
i big, puffy heart you!





always,
melody

oh, hello tuesday!

hello my lovelies,
i am hoping you had a wonderful weekend,
relaxing and doing all that makes you happy!
we had a pretty mellow one ourselves...
something that makes me just sigh, ya know...
it was just that relaxing!

i woke today to a sweet bit o' sunshine
streaming through the curtain,
thoughts turning to the grandson visiting
his granny and gramps today...which makes
for a great day in my book!
he just makes me smile and life seems just that much
sweeter when he is here :)

as i drove through our town to meet his daddy
at our 'half-way' mark and pick up the boy
i noticed flags still flying from yesterday's holiday
such a beautiful sight to see-
and a bittersweet reminder of my dad
who served in the korean war.
when he passed away from cancer 20+ years ago
he was given full military honors-
yesterday when i heard on the t.v. the
bugle playing 'taps'...
well, i had to stop for a minute and remember.

dad you are gone, but never.ever.forgotten.


weeks ago, when my computer went down
i got notice from my sweet bloggie friend
that i had received an award from her...
i was so honored but, couldn't post about it
because i was using the hubs i-pad and didn't
really know how to use it...i was stumbling along...
so now that things seem to be working on my computer AND blogger...

this is me

thank you for this lovely award!
i plan to pay it forward asap!
the rules state 5 people to pass it on to! :)

for now i leave you with a full & content heart

may you be blessed this week
and know deep in your heart
that above all else
YOU are loved!

hugs,
melody

awards, oh how lovely

amidst the posting of my

30 for 30 remix challenge

i was given some bloggie awards

from some pretty sweet peeps!

Katie and Beth how sweet are you two?

thanking you doesn't seem like enough!

Katie gave me three awards;

oh my goodness, how nice and sweet are these?

then a couple days later

Beth bestowed on me the

Versatile Blogger award!

wow...

i am not sure how deserving of these awards i am

but i do so appreciate them

and am reminded of sally field...'you like me, you really like me'

i never in a million years would have

ever thought

when i started blogging

that

i would have anyone but family

that would be interested in what

i had to say

and so

i humbly accept them

now the rules...

i love katie's attitude

she is a rule breaker

and i plan to follow suit! ;)

i will however thank katie and beth for the lovely awards...you know i love ya!

the hard part is the things about me and gifting the awards...

five things about me you may not know?

1. popcorn is my comfort food. it reminds me of all that was good about my dad! he made it almost every night after dinner and he and i would sit and eat a whole, huge bowl by ourselves...

2. i am a fair weather person, if i could i would live some place where it was always warm & sunny

3. i have three grown daughters...yes, i said THREE girls! my hubs and i raised three amazing girls and lived to tell the tale! :) of course there were days when i though i might not! LOL

4. my husband and i along, with ALL 3 of our girls... all went to and graduated from the SAME HIGH SCHOOL!

5. i moved to washington when i was 10, when i was about 13 i told my mom & dad i would NEVER, EVER marry a stinky dairy farmer...because when we drove around it always smelled like cow poo...and guess what i did? i fell in love and married a dairy farmer boy! LOL

five friends, take one or all three of these awards if you please!

1.ada

2.heather

3.hanna

4.b lee

5.kt

now i could go on and on with the awards

it is so terribly hard to choose blogs

i want you to know that i admire and am so inspired

each and every day by so many blogs

and feel like i have made some great friends

please know this is hard for me to choose.

with that i will just sign off by saying;

have an awesome day 

may you remember

that by giving someone

one of your smiles today

it might be the only good and happy gift

they receive all day!

melody